Gamemasters? - I really do not get how its Roleplaying...

Mannelig · Post by **Mannelig** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 8:31 pm

Wheny ou walk throught own, roleplaying of course......someone starts talking about "gamemasters, GMs" but why and how is THIS example roleplaying? its not. I would like to say that they should be called Grand Masters, General Managers, Great Mages ect ect....Gamemastes just ruins the atmosphere....

Chyan Guo Messenger · Post by **Chyan Guo Messenger** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 9:42 pm

well, since "gamemasters" and "grand masters" are both abr- (GMs) then use a little imagination for that and it might just filter out those pollutants....

otherwise whispering, putting it in (()) or just ignoring them will work fine too.

roleplaying is what we are suppose to do, but if you must speak something out of character or term, then whipser it or up it in ( ) or (( )) as said in the rules.

There is no point telling us this or complaining about it here. Trust me, you were not the first one to notice this or think of these replacement names. But people are going to continue the ways they are used to regardless of what you command or bring up.

My Opinions

Dyluck · Post by **Dyluck** » Sun Aug 11, 2002 9:45 pm

No one every said talking about GMs is in character. GMs are an ooc thing. GMs are just characters and like any other character they already have a character name or something they want you to call them by.

Dyluck · Post by **Dyluck** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 11:16 am

Quote: from Dyluck on 9:45 pm on Aug. 11, 2002
No one ever said talking about GMs is in character. GMs are an ooc thing.

Is there something you don't understand Mannelig? Talking about GMs isn't in character, that means your character is not supposed to be talking about GMs in the first place. Each GM character already has their own name, and during roleplay they have no classification as GM so there's no need to talk about the classification GM as your character. Therefore, an alternative roleplaying name for GMs as you suggest is not neccessary because there is no need to refer to the GM classification druing roleplay. Any attempt to fully explain what a GM really is cannot be done without using ooc, so there's no need to attempt to explain it through in-character.

Detailed enough for you to understand now?